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0 pointsvanni6y ago0 comments

This is called fixed-point arithmetic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_arithmetic

> In computing, a fixed-point number representation is a real data type for a number that has a fixed number of digits after (and sometimes also before) the radix point.

> A value of a fixed-point data type is essentially an integer that is scaled by an implicit specific factor determined by the type.

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NohatCoder6y ago

Yeah, though that notion tends to come with some conceptual shortcomings, like presuming a power of 10 radix. In the above code the radix is implicitly different on leap years, applying such tricks is usually not possible with a fixed point library or language construct.

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NohatCoder6y ago

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